Author: Mark E. Johnson

December 10, 2013

Shooting in a White Out

I’ve done this and it is … entertaining? Over at Pop Photo, Stan Horaczek interviews Michael Perez about covering the Detroit-Philadelphia game on Sunday. This made me laugh: For all of the first quarter and most of the second quarter it was a near whiteout. The AF was getting fooled a lot. I was trying everything. I tried matrix focus,...

Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 10, 2013

Epic Pictures of an Epic Place

Before I headed to the Grand Canyon last year, I was told it’s an epic place and impossible to make a photograph of that conveys it. They were right. But this set of photos from The Atlantic shot by the National Park Service’s Erin Huggins and Erin Whitaker are pretty mind blowing. Now I want to try again …

Categories Good Work/Photojournalism

December 9, 2013

Winter Break Viewing

Now that the semester is winding down for my kids, they need something to keep them focused and thinking visually. Thankfully, PetaPixel put together a list of documentaries about photography to keep them entertained through the next few weeks.

Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism

December 9, 2013

Again, Private or Not

Makes me happy when the dean of my old school agrees with me on something: “I am very disappointed in President Obama for trying to limit press access,” said Lorraine Branham, dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University … “You cannot say it is private and then turn around and put out photos.” Also from...

Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Photojournalism

December 9, 2013

Be a Journalist

I’m behind in some of my reading so I just got to Jim Colton’s interview with National Geographic’s Dennis Dimmick on the National Press Photographers Association’s Photo Journal page. We talk about being the expert in my class on whatever it is you’re going to cover, but I’m not always sure that comes through. So this will be required reading...

Categories Journalism/Photojournalism

December 9, 2013

Environmental Photographer of the Year Competition

The British Journal of Photography is reporting that the deadline for entries in the Environmental Photographer of the Year competition has been set for March 31. If this is your area, worth entering as there is no fee involved.

Categories Competitions/Photojournalism

December 7, 2013

The Social Media Minute Before

The BBC put together a short video that encapsulates some of the tweets from the moment before Nelson Mandela’s passing was announced. It’s a fascinating way to blend textual social media and the visuals of his life. Worth a minute of your time. (Thanks to Al Tompkins at the Poynter Institute for the link.)

Categories Good Work/Journalism/Multimedia

December 6, 2013

Support the NPPA Foundation

Camera Bits, the maker of one of one of my all-time favorite pieces of software, Photo Mechanic, has a contest running through Dec. 15 – the top vote getters amongst a list of 15 non-profits will be given 15 licenses to celebrate Photo Mechanic’s 15th anniversary. Go vote for the National Press Photographers Association Foundation, which does tremendously good things...

Categories Good Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 5, 2013

The Chiropractor’s Friend

That’s what I feel like telling my kids we are some days. Then I read a piece about what Craig Mitchelldyer is carrying and I know it to be true. Love that he makes his assistant carry the heavy stuff … You can see the full series at The Photo Brigade’s web site, though I’m a little partial to kits...

Categories Photojournalism/Tech Talk

December 3, 2013

Southwestern Photojournalism Conference Registration Opens

It runs from Feb. 27 to March 2 (the first days are for students only), and one of these years I’m going to make it to the Southwestern Photojournalism Conference in Fort Worth, Texas.

Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism